Thursday, December 1, 2016

Lillie Langtry at the National Portrait Gallery

Mrs Langtry
London Stereoscopic Co
 1880s
National Portrait Gallery, London

Looking for something else, I stumbled upon the rich file of images at the National Portrait Gallery in London devoted to Lillie Langtry (1853-1929)  one-time royal mistress, later a successful actress and by general consent the most beautiful Englishwoman of her generation.

Lillie Langtry
Rotary Photographic Co
1880s
National Portrait Gallery, London

Mrs Langtry
W & D Downey
1880s
National Portrait Gallery, London

Lillie Langtry
London Stereoscopic Co
1882
National Portrait Gallery, London

Lillie Langtry
Window & Grove
ca. 1884
National Portrait Gallery, London

Mrs Langtry
Jose Maria Mora
1884
National Portrait Gallery, London

Mrs Langtry
 W & D Downey
1890
National Portrait Gallery, London

Mrs Langtry as Cleopatra
Henry Van der Weyde
1890
National Portrait Gallery, London

Mrs Langtry as Cleopatra
W & D Downey
1891
National Portrait Gallery, London

Lillie Langtry
Lafayette Ltd
1899
National Portrait Gallery, London

Mrs Langtry
Lafayette Ltd
ca, 1900
National Portrait Gallery, London

Lillie Langtry as Marie Antoinette
Lafayette Ltd
1901
National Portrait Gallery, London

Lillie Langtry
Bassano Ltd
1911
National Portrait Gallery, London

Lillie Langtry
photograph by Cecil Beaton
1928
National Portrait Gallery, London